MyUCDavis MyUCDavis Course Management Course Management

ToolsToolsCC-FIT CC-FIT

11/8/200411/8/2004

ToolsTools

Website Builder Website Builder Distribute course material (documents, Distribute course material (documents,

URLS)URLS) GradebookGradebook

Track assignments, submit final gradesTrack assignments, submit final grades Communication ToolsCommunication Tools

Chat room, discussion boardChat room, discussion board QuizBuilderQuizBuilder

Online quizzes, paper quizzesOnline quizzes, paper quizzes

Website BuilderWebsite Builder

Easy to useEasy to use Easy to restrict Easy to restrict

access to enrolled access to enrolled studentsstudents

‘‘Selective release’Selective release’

Limited formattingLimited formatting

Strengths Limitations

Website Builder Current Website Builder Current UsageUsage

500 Instructors for 770 courses500 Instructors for 770 courses 8,500 documents8,500 documents 800 URLS800 URLS 4,000 are ‘secured’ to enrolled 4,000 are ‘secured’ to enrolled

students onlystudents only 1,394 class announcements posted1,394 class announcements posted

GradebookGradebook

Many StrengthsMany Strengths Very full featuredVery full featured

Joining class Joining class sectionssections

Digital drop-off - Digital drop-off - downloading and downloading and returning student returning student filesfiles

Track attendanceTrack attendance

Strengths Limitations

Gradebook Current Gradebook Current UsageUsage

3,050 courses (Spring Quarter 2004)3,050 courses (Spring Quarter 2004) 2,000 used to submit final grades 2,000 used to submit final grades

(Spring Quarter 2004)(Spring Quarter 2004) 230 Digital drop off assignments 230 Digital drop off assignments

(Fall 2004)(Fall 2004) 2,200 student documents turned in2,200 student documents turned in

(Fall 2004)(Fall 2004)

Communication ToolsCommunication Tools

Allow Allow student-to-student student-to-student communicationcommunication

Automatically Automatically generates generates transcriptstranscripts

Limited interfaceLimited interface Only open to Only open to

campus communitycampus community

Strengths Limitations

Communication ToolsCommunication ToolsCurrent UsageCurrent Usage

335 Instructors have set up 576 335 Instructors have set up 576 email listsemail lists

123 Discussion Boards123 Discussion Boards 48 Instructors have set up 49 Chat 48 Instructors have set up 49 Chat

RoomsRooms

QuizBuilderQuizBuilder

Item database is Item database is available to create available to create either online quizzes either online quizzes or paper examsor paper exams

Easily limit to enrolled Easily limit to enrolled students onlystudents only

Detailed statistics Detailed statistics about item about item performanceperformance

Number of users at one Number of users at one time (35 students)time (35 students)

Feedback -- all or Feedback -- all or nothingnothing

Can not edit a quiz once Can not edit a quiz once it has been releasedit has been released

Sharing questions is Sharing questions is difficultdifficult

No ability to ‘reset’ a No ability to ‘reset’ a student’s attemptstudent’s attempt

Strengths Limitations

Quizbuilder Current Quizbuilder Current UsageUsageItemsItems

214 Instructors have created items214 Instructors have created items 5,200 Multiple choice questions5,200 Multiple choice questions 1,000 paragraph questions1,000 paragraph questions 700 other types of questions700 other types of questions

Quizbuilder Current Quizbuilder Current UsageUsage

QuizzesQuizzes 515 graded online quizzes have been 515 graded online quizzes have been

createdcreated 100 ungraded online quizzes100 ungraded online quizzes 50 printed exams50 printed exams 6,300 students have taken 44,040 6,300 students have taken 44,040

online quizzes.online quizzes.